Zypern - Daten & Fakten

total: 9,251 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)

land: 9,241 sq km

water: 10 sq km

agricultural land: 13.4% (2018 est.)

arable land: 9.8% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 3.2% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 0.4% (2018 est.)

forest: 18.8% (2018 est.)

other: 67.8% (2018 est.)

Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey; note - Cyprus views itself as part of Europe; geopolitically, it can be classified as falling within Europe, the Middle East, or both

0-14 years: 15.63% (male 104,950/female 99,515)

15-64 years: 70.36% (male 484,087/female 436,271)

65 years and over: 14.01% (2023 est.) (male 79,897/female 103,400)

10.37 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

6.99 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6%; note - data represent only the Republic of Cyprus (2011 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

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total population: 79.96 years

male: 77.18 years

female: 82.89 years (2023 est.)

269,000 NICOSIA (capital) (2018)

total: 37.9 years

male: 36.7 years

female: 39.4 years (2020 est.)

30 years (2020 est.)

note: data represents only government-controlled areas

6.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

population concentrated in central Nicosia and in the major cities of the south: Paphos, Limassol, and Larnaca

1% (2023 est.)

1.48 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 67% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.76% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

6.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2020)

1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

8.1% (2021 est.)

655,100 (2021 est.)

14.7% (2018 est.)

6.13% (2021 est.)

7.59% (2020 est.)

7.07% (2019 est.)

97.5% of GDP (2017 est.)

106.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment

2.45% (2021 est.)

-0.64% (2020 est.)

0.25% (2019 est.)

$24.551 billion (2021 est.)

$20.379 billion (2020 est.)

$19.835 billion (2019 est.)

note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.

India 9%, Greece 9%, Libya 8%, United Kingdom 7% (2019)

$23.748 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$20.711 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$19.575 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Greece 16%, Italy 10%, Turkey 8%, Russia 5%, Germany 5%, United Kingdom 5%, China 5% (2019)

15 (2021)

total: 332,080 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2020 est.)

total: 809,900 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 91% (2021 est.)

total: 12,901 km (2016)

government control: 12,901 km (2016) (includes 272 km of expressways)

paved: 8,631 km (2016)

unpaved: 4,270 km (2016)

Turkish Cypriot control: 7,000 km (2011)

total subscriptions: 304,581 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 1,320,794 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 149 (2021 est.)